by Margaret Stevenson-Wright
At daybreak this morning Gus Evans (in keeping with protocol) put the flag on the pole outside the Memorial Hall at full mast until the virtual service began — at which time he lowered the flag to half- mast.
Additional to the poppies that Mike of the RSA placed on the graves of veterans buried in Waikanae and those on the memorial plaque, my partner John and I added a touch of ‘rosemary for remembrance’.
A postcard circa 1918. In Waikanae the name Mahara in the town centre means ‘Remembrance’
The flag flying at half-staff today.
Large homemade poppies, Sylvan Ave.
Homemade poppy display at the cnr of Kapanui and Belvedere.